Sheet-metal garage.



E. E. NORQUIST.

SHEET METAL GARAGE.

APPLICATION FILED 050.27.1915.

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

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APPLICATION FILED DEc.2I.1915.

Patented Dec. 23, 1919'.

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vand State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Sheet Metal Garages, of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to knock-down sheet metal garages and the like, and has for its object to produce an arched roof garage which can be manufactured cheaply, shipped in knock-down condition and easily and fit til

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quiclrly erected by unskilled labor.

With this general object in View, the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction, and combination of parts as hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l, is a front view of a round roof garage embodying my invention, one half of the door frame being shown in vertical section and the corresponding door omitted.

2, is a horizontal section talren on the line llll of Fig. l.

Fig. 3, is an enlarged fragmentary section talren inside the door opening and looking forward l ig. l, is an enlarged section taken on the line ll -ll7 of Fig. d.

Fig. 5, is a fragmentary side view of a portion of the garageto show the connection between the plates forming the body of the garage,

Fig, 6, is a section taken on the line lTl-Vl of llig. 5..

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Fig. 8, is an enlarged horizontal section of the left hand front corner of the garage talren in the same plane as Fig. 2.

Fig. 9, is an enlarged horizontal section ofone of the rear corners of the garage.

ln constructing the garage which is preferably a little wider than it is high and of substantially inverted-ll shape incross sec tion, the body portion is composed of two side members l-l, and an arch member 2, connecting the upper ends of the side members. Said members are composed of sheet metal plates 3 formed at suitable inale with corrugations 4t, preferably of varying width as shown in Fig. 5. 'lhere may be any suitable number of plates 3, and they are formed at their meeting edges with narrow corrugations 5, those of adjacent plates being nested and secured together by fastening devices 6. The outer margins of the endmost plates 3 are bent outwardly and doubled bacl: sharply to form grooved ribs "l".

The plates 3 of the arch member are bowed outward on a horizontal line at 8 to receive the correspondingly outward bowed portions 9, at the upper ends of members l, this construction adding to the rigidity and strength of the body portion and facilitating the shedding of water therefrom.

l astening devices 10, such as bolts and nuts extend through the members l and 2 at the points where the portions d and, Li are intersected by the corrugations d. The bacl: wall ll. of the garage is of sheet metal sections 12 stififened and braced by strips l3, securing devices it, such as bolts and nuts, extending through the strips and sections to secure said parts together.

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portions 7' of the body portion as shown clearly in Fig. 2. Preferably the back wall will be provided with a window l5.

lhe front wall is composed of two vertically disposed side segment plates 16, and an upper segment plate lit, the latter having downwardly diverging entensions it of reduced width which abut endwise against the upper end of the sections it and said plates are secured together by reinforcing plates ll.

'lfhe outer margins of the plates lit and W fit into the front grooves l of the body portion and are fastened rigidly thereto as at Ed by bolts and nuts, similar bolts and nuts, not shown, fastening the margins of the bash wall in the grooves l at the rear end of the body portion.

The baclr wall and the front wall are similarly stidened and strengthened by corrugations 21, adjacent to and parallel with the margin of the body portion and to further stid'en and strengthen the front til tlli

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wall the upper plate ll" is connected to the front wall, as shown in l ijga d and t e ltlti hold the garage in shape its side walls and back wall rest upon and are secured to angle bars 23 and 24 respectively.

The space between plates 16 and below plates 17, constitutes the door opening, and

it will be noted that between the extensions of plate 17, the door opening 1s narrowed,

that is to say the upper corners for the door yond the sidesthereof, the projecting portions having vertical slits 26 receiving the lower ends of the side lates of the ront wall. 27 are vertical tu es welded at them lower ends to tube 25 at the inner ends of the slits 26 thereof, and said vertical tubes have slits 28 receiving the inner edges of said side plates 16. 29' are upwardly converging tubes welded at their lower ends to the upper end of tubes 27 and provided in their outer edges with slits 30 receiving the inner edges of extensions 18 of plate 17. 31 is a horizontal tube forming the top of the frame and connecting the upper ends of the tubes 29 and provided with a slit 32 receiving the lower edge of the top plate 17 of the door opening. A frame constructed as described can be slid into engagement with the marginal portions of the door opening, and to hold the frame in such relation the vertical side tubes 27 and the top tube 31 are provided with lugs 33 to fit against opposite sides of the adjacent portions of the front wall and with fastening devices 34 such as bolts and nuts to extend through'said lugs and the interposed portions of the front Wall.

35 are doors hinged at 36to the sides of the front wall and adapted to close against the tubing door frame. Above the door is a guard or shield 37 projecting from the upper member of the front wall and adapted to prevent rain from beating in at the upper ends of the doors, and above said guard is a ventilator 38. Ihe garage is not shown as provided with a floor though it may be provided with one, if desired. i

As the top of a motor car is considerably narrower than the space between the outer margins of the wheel fenders, it is possible to house a car in an arched roof garage which is relatively smaller than one of any other style in which the same car can be housed. An arched roof garage for a car requiring a door opening of proportionately the width shown in Fig. 1, would not accommodate a car of slightly. less height than the door shown if the upper corners of the door were not cut away and the tubing angled upwardly and inwardly to conform some.- what to the curvature of the roof. The angling upward of the door frame is therefore of great practical importanceas it less-' ens the amount of material required for the body and materially reduces the cost of manufacture and permits the garage to be sold at a rice lower than posslble with door frames acking the cut away corners.

With this garage no special foundation is needed but it is desirable to provide fourby-fours arranged externally at the sides and back as a means of support or anchorage for the angle bars 23 and 24. The fourby-fours are not shown as they form no special part of the structure and other means such as stakes, not shown, may be provided to anchor the angle irons securely 1n place. A garage of the type described is fireproof and affords thoroughv rotection from the elements and thieves. Xny suitable locking means, not shown, may be employed to secure the doors in closed position.

From the above description, it will be apparent that I have produced a garage possessing the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the object of the invention and I wish it to be understood that while I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of the invention I reserve the right to make all changes falling within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a sheet metal garage, a doorway frame comprising side portions, a top provided with downwardly diverging extensions secured to the upper ends of the side portions and a door frame consistin of a bottom tube provided with slits in t e upper side of its ends receiving the lower ends of said side portions, upright tubes provided with vertical .slits in their outer sides receiving the inner edges of said side portions, short tubes converging upward from the upper ends of the side tubes and provided with slits in their outer sides .receiving the inner edges of said extensions of the .top portion and an upper tube connecting the ends of said upwardly converging tubes and provided in its upper side with a slit receiving the lower edge of the said top portion between the extensions thereof.

2. In a sheet metal garage, a doorway frame comprising side portions, a top provided with downwardly diverging extensions abutting against the upper ends of the said side portions, reinforce plates bridging the joint between said portions and secured thereto, and brace bars also bridging said joint and secured to said side portions and upper portion and extending in the same general direction as the said extensions of the top portion, and a door frame consisting of a bottom tube provided with slits in the upper side of its ends receiving the lower ends of said side portions, upright tubes provided with vertical slits in their neeeee outer sides reoeivin the inner edes' oi eeid side portions, s ort tuhes converging upward from the upper ends of the side tubes and provided with slits in their outer sides receiving the inner edges of said entensions of the top portion and an upper tube connecting the ends of said upvverdlly converging tubes and provided in its upper side With a, slitreceiving the lower edge of the said tep'portion between the extensions 10 thereof.

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